U-asema

U-station was an unfinished defensive position with a few strong fire positions, about 25 covered trenches, 12 concrete bunkers, trenches and one barbed wire barrage along the entire length of the station. All tank trenches had strong anti-tank barriers and mines. In Battle of Nietjärvi, the Defensive fighting position of three separate lines, the last one, on a narrow sand ridge, was clearly the strongest.^[4][5]

The position was defended by the 8th Division, 5th Division and 7th Division supported by the 15th Brigade. The Finnish troops occupied U-station for the most part by July 10. According to the retreating forces, 120 Artillery and 40 mortars arrived on the 6th-9th. July. The Battle of Nietjärvi area was occupied by the 5th division's infantry regiment 44 under the command of lieutenant colonel Ilmari Rytkönen and infantry regiment 2 under the command of colonel Heikki Saure.^[6]

The Karelian Front of the Soviet Union attacked the U-station with the forces of four army units in July 1944. The 5th, 8th and 7th divisions of the Finnish army were grouped at the U-station.^[7]

The biggest battle for the place took place in Battle of Nietjärvi. The fighting was of the nature of a great battle between the 14th and 15th. since July. The Finns repulsed the attacking Red Army troops. After the Moscow Armistice, the U-station remained on the side of the Soviet Union.^[8]